Those who searched for clear answers within the usual multitude if the Social Forums - this time "polycentric" with Caracas as the point of Latin American reference - had to wait for the closing speech of Hugo Chavez, president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela:  "Also you will respect our autonomy to express what we think: I think that we have to push the Forum to form a big global movement as an anti-imperialist alternative comprising the entire world which got the capability of connexion, of growth, of struggle. I also believe that we have already taken some steps in this direction. We run the risk of a folklorization of the Forum. A Forum which discusses and debates without conclusions, for example, for me seems at least strange … if it … [read more]

Palestinierna har rätt att bekämpa ockupationstrupperna och ta dem till fà¥ngaUnder de senaste dagarna har den allmänna opinionen i västvärlden uppvisat det vidrigaste hyckeri. Till och med FN:s generalsekreterare Kofi Annan och pà¥ven har bett att den fängslade ockupationssoldaten ska friges. Men ingen bryr sig om de mà¥nga tusen palestinska politiska fà¥ngar, bland dem kvinnor och barn, som hà¥lls fängslade utan rättegà¥ng, och än mindre om den dagliga terror som ockupationsmakten utsätter den palestinska civilbefolkningen för.Palestinierna erbjöd en fà¥ngutväxling, som Israel kategoriskt avvisade. Sionisterna bryr sig inte om sin soldats liv. De är glada att de har fà¥tt en förevändning för att kollektivt bestraffa Palestinas folk för dess ihà¥llande … [read more]

It is the Palestinian's right to fight the occupations troops and take prisonersThe last days has displayed the most disgusting hypocrisy of the Western public opinion. Even UN secretary general Kofi Annan and the pope have called for the release of the imprisoned occupation soldier. But nobody care about the thousand and thousand Palestinian political prisoners, among them women and children held without trial let alone the daily terror the occupation unleashes against the civilian population.The Palestinians offered an exchange of prisoners but Israel categorically refused. The Zionists do not care about the live of their soldier. They are happy to have a justification to collectively punish the Palestinian people for their steadfast resistance. It is like the Nazi war machine on the … [read more]

We call upon all forces in support of a just peace to add their names and organisations to following call. Send your endorsement to: conference@iraqiresistance.infoIt is the second attempt to hold an international conference on Iraq (and now also on Palestine) in Europe with important representatives of the popular opposition to the occupation as last year it was impeded by the Berlusconi government in Italy following the interference by the U.S. The new Italian government led by Prodi tries to appear as advocating peace. Despite the fact that they did not fully withdraw the Italian occupation troops many people still believe their claim. If their stick to their words the government must allow such a peace conference. See the open letter to the the Foreign Minister D'Alema. Against the … [read more]

frà¥n de italienska irakkommittà©ernaTill Italiens utrikesminister,välborne Massimo D'AlemaNi är säkerligen medveten om att en internationell konferens under rubriken "För en rättvis fred i Irak" skulle ha hà¥llits i oktober förra à¥ret i Chianciano Terme.Ni torde ocksॠvara medveten om att dess arrangörer blev tvungna att ställa in konferensen pॠgrund av den dà¥varande utrikesministerns, Gianfranco Fini, beslut att inte bevilja visum till de högt uppsatta representanter för det irakiska civilsamhället som hade bjudits in.Samme utrikesminister vägrade faktiskt till och med att ge visum till Haj Ali, mannen som fick en huva över huvudet av sina fà¥ngvaktare och blev symbolen världen över för de som torterats i Abu Ghraib-fängelset. Dessa beslut var inte … [read more]

USA-imperialismen försöker föregripa sina motstà¥ndare genom att krossa demEfter Palestina, Jugoslavien, Afghanistan och Irak är det nu Irans tur. Teheran har länge setts som ledare för "ondskans axelmakter", men Wahington har haft andra trängande krigiska behov pॠsin väg mot världsherravälde.Mediekampanjen mot Iran bygger pॠförevändningar som liknar de som användes mot Irak för nà¥gra à¥r sedan. Iran framställs nu - som tidigare Irak - som en fara för fred och säkerhet i världen. Men större delen av världen saknar redan idag bà¥de fred och säkerhet. Den kapitalistiska globalisering och de därmed sammanhängande imperialistiska krigen och ockupationerna gör livet till ett helvete för majoriteten av världens befolkning, som mycket väl vet att … [read more]

معا ضدّ دولة الإرهاب!لنساند الشعب الÙ?لسطيني المقاوم!الساعة الرابعة من بعد ظهر يوم الجمعة 30 حزيران (يونيو) 2006Stephansplatz تشنّ قوات دولة الإرهاب الصهيونية Ù?ÙŠ هذا الأوان هجوما شرسا واسع النطاق على شعبنا العربي Ù?ÙŠ قطاع غزّة، … [read more]

The media campaign against Iran is based on similar pretexts like the one against Iraq some years back. Like Iraq now Iran is being displayed as a danger to world peace and security. But for the biggest part of the world there is already now neither peace nor security. Capitalist globalisation and concomitant imperial war and occupation render life to hell for the majority of the world's population. They know well that the head and source of their misery are the US and their allies. It is them who are the main danger. But it is true that Iran like all other forces not willing to completely subordinate to Washington are indeed a danger, but not for the peoples but for the very empire. Any movement, people or national state able to defend its sovereignty would stir others to do the same … [read more]

Three Members of Ozgur-Der Disappeared in Custody in Northern IraqMetin Demir, Mustafa Eğilli and M. Hasip Yokuş, both of them members of Free Thought and Educational Rights Association/ Ozgur-Der, was disappeared in custody in Northern Iraq at Kurdish Democratic Party/ KDP administrated area. No information on Metin Demir's current situation and whereabouts since 1 June and of Mustafa Eğilli and M. Hasip Yokuş since 18 June. Their families, friends and we are anxious for their lives!Metin Demir, who is a member of Ozgur-Der and also a director of Ozgur-Der Diyarbakir branch, was detained in Northern Iraq on 1 June and is still held since in an unknown location.Metin Demir, who has gone to Iraqi Kurdistan for observe the current situation and making some negotiations with some … [read more]

Talk by Rabbi Ahron Cohen at the Grand Hotel Vienna Austria 19th June '061. Good afternoon, it is a privilege to have the opportunity of talking to you today. I and my colleagues of Neturei Karta value greatly occasions such as this because we feel that we have both a religious and humanitarian duty to publicise our message as much as possible. So I hope and pray that with the Creator's help my words and our discussions here this evening may be correct and true in their content and conclusions.2. I am what is known as an orthodox Jew (that is a Jew who endeavours to live his life completely in accordance with Judaism, the age old Jewish religion). I am here under the banner of the group known as Neturei Karta, which can be loosely translated as Guardians of the Faith. We are not a … [read more]

We, call for the immediate and unconditional release the Shfa'amer 7. We also call for an end to the continuation of the persecution and harrasment of the people of Sfha'arem by the Israeli police.Background about the petition On the 13th of June, the Israeli police arrested 7 men from the Palestinian town of Shfa'amer. They are accused of lynching an Israeli soldier.Last year on the 4th of August, an Israeli soldier, named Eden Natan-Zada boarded bus 165 from Haifa to Shfa'amer. When the bus arrived in Shfa'amer the soldier opened fire. First he killed the driver, Michel Bahut at gunpoint, and then, while he continued shooting, he killed the passengers Nadir Hayak, and the sisters Dina and Hazaar Turkey. Other passengers tried to grab his gun, but he continued his attack, in which … [read more]

Accused of resisting racist massacre by Israeli soldierPress release of Abnaa elBalad movementIsraeli police launches new provocations against the Arab Palestinian masses within the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories On the detention of Jameel Saffouri, Member of the political bureau of Abnaa elBalad movementAnd six other residents of Shefa'amer On 13/6/2006Accused of resisting racist massacre by Israeli soldier On 4 August 2005, the settler Natan Zada, an Israeli terrorist soldier, opened fire from his automatic rifle on peaceful passengers in a bus in the Galilee town Shefa'amr. Four Palestinians were killed: Sisters students Hazar and Dina Turkey, Mr. Michel Bahus and Mr. Nader Hayek. Many others were injured.Some of the courageous people that happened to be in the bus succeeded to … [read more]

Final Statement of the International Conference of World Religious LeadersHeld on 19.06.2006, at the VIENNA GRAND HOTELKärntner Ring 9 1010 Vienna Austria The great faiths of mankind teach us of the dignity of all God's creatures. Each of us carries some small way the imprint of the One who made us. Yet, human dignity is not only realized by individuals. By our nature we also exist in groups, each based upon history memory and identity of varied sorts. Hence, in our falting attempts to protect the integrity of people we must also assert the concomitant continuity of peoples. This is often a difficult task as many groups have long existed in conflict with others and each finds it a daunting project to forgive, and, ultimately to respect the other. … [read more]

Anti-imperialist forces give voice to Awni al Kalemji of the Iraqi Resistance and join hands with Orthodox Jewish Anti-ZionistsThe Austrian people was not only angry for the state of emergency imposed on Vienna by more than a thousand US security agents to which the domestic authorities de facto ceded sovereignty. By great majority they refuse Bush and his imperial war drive which was indirectly even admitted by the US ambassador.A small scene can illustrate the situation. When Bush drove into downtown Vienna on June 22 in his armoured vehicle in the evening all life came to a standstill by road blocks. Activists of the Anti-imperialist Camp were uncoiling a huge banner reading "Bush go home" from the terrace cafà© of a multi-story building were Bush passing by could not other than … [read more]

Auftaktaktion gegen Apartheid-Mauer und Guantanamo, 19. JuniMontag, 19. Juni 2006, 12 Uhr Stephansplatz => BallhausplatzAm 21. Juni kommt der US-Kriegspräsident nach Wien. Er wird gebührend empfangen werden: mit einer Massendemonstration gegen seine Politik des Völkermordes.Zwei Tage davor findet am Stephansplatz eine Auftaktaktion zur Mobilisierung statt. Ein nachgebautes Stück der israelischen Apartheid-Mauer in Palästina und einige Guantanamo-Häftlinge sollen darauf hinweisen, wohin uns die Herrschaft der USA führt - nämlich in ein globales Gefängnis und den permanenten Krieg.Am Beispiel Palästinas zeigt sich die Perversion des Systems. Einem ganzen Volk wird das Selbstbestimmungsrecht verweigert, es wird vertrieben (doch niemand spricht von ethnischer … [read more]

Hamas MP impeded to come to Germany on Norwegian visaThe MP Yahya al Abadsa of the Hamas fraction in the Palestinian National Assembly has been invited to Oslo by the Palestine Committee. Already before the Norwegian authorities have been indirectly challenging the EU's Zionist line to refuse any contacts to the elected Palestinian government by granting visas to Hamas members and even accepting meetings with them. Also now Abadsa was granted visa to Norway even valid for the entire Schengen treaty states.Thus the Anti-imperialist Camp together with the Islamic "Human Dignity and Rights" Association (HDR) invited Abadsa to Germany. A meeting with a member of the German Bundestag, Hüsein Aydin, of the PDS was already scheduled.But Germany forced Norway to impede Abadsa's trip to Cologne. … [read more]

by Harsh Thakor1.INTRODUCTIONThE Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that was launched in China on May 16th 1966 wrote a historical epoch in the history of mankind. This was initiated by Comrade Mao Tse Tung to defeat the revisionists and create a ground for the ultimate triumph for Socialism. Mao discovered that even in a Socialist State there were capitalist elements who intended to turn the country to the capitalist road. From the example of the U.S.S R he learnt that a Socialist State can turn into a Social-Imperialist or Revisionist state and there can be a restoration of Capitalism. Stalin saved the Socialist State but he hardly made an effective attempt to democratize the Socialist State and initiate broad based mass movements. True there were great achievements for workers but … [read more]

Declaracià³n del Partido Socialista de los Trabajadores Unificados (PSTU) de BrasilUma manifestaà§à£o de cerca de 500 trabalhadores sem-terra do MLST (Movimento de Libertaà§à£o dos Sem-Terra) acabou em tumulto durante a tarde do dia 6 de junho em Brasà­lia. Os sem-terra aguardavam uma audiàªncia com o presidente da Cà¢mara, Aldo Rebelo (PCdoB-SP) na entrada do prà©dio quando, segundo eles, foram impedidos de entrar e agredidos pela seguranà§a do Congresso. Segundo o coordenador do MLST, Marcos Praxedes, o Congresso ouve reivindicaà§àµes de banqueiros, usineiros e empresários, mas nà£o querem ouvir os trabalhadores. ``Essa à© uma casa do povo, construà­da com dinheiro público, onde todos tem o direito de ir. Mas aqui os trabalhadores nà£o … [read more]

U.S. backed warlords defeatedTuesday, June 06, 2006To: United Nations Political Office in Somalia, UNDP Resident Representative, The League of Arab Nations, African Union, Organization of Islamic Countries, IGAD, European Union, Department of State, United States Government, United States Embassy in Nairobi, Italian Embassy, French Embassy, British Embassy, German Embassy, Djibouti Embassy, Norwegian Embassy, Swedish Embassy, South African Embassy, Egyptian Embassy, Nigerian Embassy, Saudi Embassy, Yemen Embassy, Sudan Embassy.Date: June 5, 2006The Union of Islamic Courts in Mogadishu, have decided to break the silence between us and the international community. We made this decision in order to clarify the situation in Mogadishu and to bring the true picture of the conflict in the … [read more]

Pro-zionist left splits mobilisationWar president Bush, scheduled to come to Vienna on June 21, will face protest action also in Austria as in nearly any other place in the world he is coming to. The amplitude and resonance of the mobilisation reflects the widespread popular feeling against the American Empire imposing its rule by the permanent war.The most important element is, however, not quantity but quality. The coalition of forces organising the protests invited Awni al Kalemji, the spokesman of the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance, as one of the main speakers. This means that the Iraqi Resistance, in favour of which al Kalemji will speak, has gained a lot of terrain in comparison to the past years. We just want to remember the vicious campaign of isolation and criminalisation not only the … [read more]